The Impact of the Standing Rules of Engagement (SROE) on Peace Enforcement Operations.

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Abstract:

The credibility of U.S. Armed Forces in the future may well depend on how they perform during peace enforcement operations. This implies that rules of engagement ROE for peace enforcement operations must be carefully written to provide maximum protection to U.S. Forces and to prevent excessive use of force in order to maintain public and political support. On 22 December 1994, after Operation Restore Hope and during Operation Uphold Democracy, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff CJCS published the SROE. The SROE, which superseded the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peacetime ROE PROE, became the current basis for drafting operation-specific ROE. This paper reviews the PROE process used in Operation Restore Hope and Operation Uphold Democracy identifies the problems which occurred and how they were solved demonstrates that the new SROE would neither have prevented nor solved these problems more easily and concludes with recommendations for improving the SROE process for future peace enforcement operations.

Author(s):
Grotzky, Craig L.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.,
Supplementary Note:
DOI: 10.21236/ADA307468
Pagination:
0030

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NWC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_5.5_Direct; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_5.5.1_Communicate Intent and Guidance; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_8.2.1_Partner with Governments and Institutions; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_8.2.2_Provide Aid to Foreign Partners and Institutions; JCA_5.5.2_Task; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*MILITARY TACTICS, *PEACEKEEPING, POLITICAL SCIENCE, PEACETIME, DEMOCRACY
Field(s)/Group(s):
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
Keyword(s):
SROE(STANDING RULES OF ENGAGEMENT), ROE(RULES OF ENGAGEMENT), RESTORE HOPE OPERATION, UPHOLD DEMOCRACY OPERATION
Report Date:
1996 Feb 12
Creation Date:
1996 May 23